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Mexico aims to have own Covid-19 vaccine approved for use by end-2021

MEXICO CITY (REUTERS) - Mexico aims to have developed a vaccine against Covid-19 that could be granted approval for emergency use by the end of this year, a senior official said on Tuesday (April 13). Maria Elena Alvarez-Buylla, head of the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), told a regular news conference that the vaccine under development known as Patria could be granted approval in November or December of this year. Clinical trials with volunteers could begin this month, according to Avimex, the veterinary pharmaceutical company that is leading the vaccine s development in Mexico. The company said it used existing technology from its veterinary influenza vaccine, which has been proven safe for humans, for an effective Covid-19 vaccine.

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